FOOTBALL fans reacted with fury yesterday as England showed off the kit for this summer’s World Cup – with a staggering price tag of nearly £130 for replicas.

Skipper Steven Gerrard and the rest of the squad model the costly new kit[PA]

Outraged supporters branded the new strip “a disgrace” and “a rip-off”.The shirt alone will cost £90, while shorts will be £25 and socks £12.

The new home shirt goes on sale on April 3, less than a year after the previous white top – worn just seven times in matches – was released. The old red away kit was worn only twice after going on sale last June.

There is normally a two-year cycle for bringing in new England home strips and 18 months for away strips.

There was more criticism after makers Nike unveiled two versions of the shirt for the showpiece in Brazil.

One is the top-price “match” shirt which the players will wear, the other a “stadium” version costing £60.

The FA will net £25million a year from Nike through its contract as the team’s official clothing suppliers.

Shirts for youngsters aged eight to 15 will cost £42, while a full kit for those aged three to eight will be £40.

The FA will net £25million a year from Nike through its contract as the team’s official clothing suppliers.

Collymore wrote on Twitter: “Nike have gone down the American route. A match shirt and stadium shirt, like the NBA. A joke. £90 is a rip-off.”

Barton tweeted: “£90 for the new England shirt is taking the mickey out of the fans. When will it stop?

“Ok, there’s two tiers of shirt. Which one do you think kids will pressure their parents for? Appalling. Football again allows commercialism to eat away at its soul.” One fan suggested people save money by buying a plain white Nike shirt for £14.99, then sewing on a £1 Three Lions badge.

Bobby Moore sporting a similar England kit at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico [GETTY]

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Adam Payne tweeted: “Who would deem £90 an appropriate price for an England shirt?” Kirsty Craig wrote: “£90? Daylight robbery. How that can be justified is beyond me.”

Mumsnet website founder Justine Roberts said: “It’s not hard to see why people might think the FA are exploiting England fans by churning out yet another expensively priced version.

“When we asked our users, an overwhelming majority thought football merchandise was a rip-off.”

Shadow sports minister Clive Efford said: “I’m disappointed. Football seems to be increasingly about profit rather than the fans.”

Mark Perryman, of England Supporters Club, said: “If England are doing well, people will buy it. If they lose to Italy in the World Cup it will drop to a fraction of that £90 price.”

England replica shirts have risen dramatically in price since the mid-2000s, when they cost around £30.

The new strip – based on the kit worn by Bobby Moore’s England side at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico – was modelled yesterday by players Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Jack Wilshere, Joe Hart and the captain Steven Gerrard.

Rooney said: “I’m always proud to put on the England kit and with these it’ll be no different.”

The FA pointed out it did not set the price of the kit. A spokesman said: “The FA is a not-for-profit organisation that puts £100million back into the game every year.

“It is through relationships with partners such as Nike that we are able to maintain that level of investment.”